Saturday, 22 January 2011

Thank you to all of you for entering our first challenge of 2011,all your cards were gorgeous and the team loved visiting your blogs....We have some sad news this will be Sharon's last challenge as she is leaving to concentrate on other projects, so Sharon we will all miss you,but wish you luck with all you do,and hope you will join in with us sometimes....We also have some more news we have Jackie joining us for the next 3 months as a Guest designer,right I think that's all the news for now.....

The Winner of Challenge 12 picked by Random Org and Top 3 from Challenge 12 chosen by Debby in no particular order are............

Congratulations to you all,Please make sure to checkout their wonderful cards.....

Right onto Challenge 13...

For this Challenge Janet has given us the gorgeous "Cutie Pie " and "Oh Boy" Digi papers for the prize...

Debby is hosting again this time and she has a theme for you she would like to see you use

RIBBON AND LACE, now it can be the real thing or it can be punched.....

Here are the rules for you to look through.......

Please link your project(link the post,not just your blog) with linky tools by 6.00pm GMT on 4th February 2011..Please leave us a comment just in case Linky Tools decides not to work,thenwe can find you....

You must link to our challenge in your blog post.......You may combine your entry with other challenges,and you may enter as many times as you like,but with a different creation each time,but please only link new creations,don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the challenge using any image,

If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to

For this challenge the lovely Debby has this fabulous sketch for you all to follow......

Please feel free to rotate/flip etc the sketch as long as we can still see the basics of the sketch.....

Here are the rules for you to look through.......

Please link your project(link the post,not just your blog) with linky tools by 6.00pm GMT on 21st January 2011..Please leave us a comment just in case Linky Tools decides not to work,thenwe can find you....

You must link to our challenge in your blog post.......You may combine your entry with other challenges,and you may enter as many times as you like,but with a different creation each time,but please only link new creations,don't back link to old posts as these won't be counted.

You may enter the enter using any image,

If you don't have a blog but would like to enter please send an e-mail with your card attached to

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About The Challenges...

Welcome to the A Gem of a Challenge blog.

New Challenges will be posted every 2 weeks. You may combine your entry with as many challenges as you like.

You may use any image, stamped or digi. on your creations only entries following the theme for set chall. will be entered with a chance win the main chall. prize. The Team member who is hosting the challenge will be picking a Top 3 from all the entries and will get a badge for their sidebar.....

The winner will be picked by Random.org & will receive 2 digi images OR 2 Card topper Kits or one of each (no sets, or sentiment sets ) of the winners choice..Winner has 2wks to claim their prize..

You may enter as many times as you like but please only post NEW creations. Creations entered prior to the chall. starting will not be counted in the draw..

Please post your entry on your blog with a link to our challenge by Thurs. 6pm. (UK time) prior to the New Challenge and use The Linky widget to link to your project - NOT your blog, it will help the Design Team to find your entry quicker.

The Winner and Top 3 will be posted with the new challenge.....We look forward to seeing what you create but most of all have fun....

It may not always be possible to leave every entrant a comm. especially if you have word verification. Flicker entries have been sending scam/infectious messages to DTs computers etc.. these entries will not get a comm. sorry.. The Gemsters do try, thank you for your understanding..